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Suggestions for Daily Family Study
1.
Note the "Setting of the Lesson" and read the Lesson Scripture. Drill
on the memory verse each day.
2.
Study Questions 1-3, and note.
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Children may read paragraphs 1
1
3 of the
primary lesson. Read pages 61 and 62 of the Lesson Help.
3.
Study Questions 4-7, and -notes. Children may read paragraphs 4 and 5
Of the primary lesson. Read pages 63 and 64 of the Lesson Help.
4.
Study Questions 8-11, and note. Children may read paragraphs 6-9 of
the primary lesson. Read pages 65 and 66 of the Lesson Help.
5.
Study Questions 12-18. Children may read paragraphs 10 and 11 of the
primary lesson. Read pages 67-69 of the Lesson Help.
6.
Tell the story of the lesson, each member of the family taking part. Study
the prophetic words referred to by Peter, and their application to the lessdn.
What is the teaching of the lesson on the efficacy of,the name of Jesus, the duty
of obedience to God, and the power of prayer?
7.
Review the lesson by using questions. Discuss topics under "Personal
Application."
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'THE LESSON
1.
To whom was the first part of Peter's address given? Acts 3:
12, first clause; 4: 1, first clause.
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2.
How was it abruptly terminated? Acts 4: 1.
NOTE.—"Inside
the sacred area [of the temple] the Jewish law was
supreme, and Jewish penalties were enacted. In order, therefore, that
the temple might be duly protected the priests watched in three places,
and the Levites in twenty-one places, in addition to all their other
duties connected with the offering of sacrifices and the details of pub-
lic worship. These guards discharged the duties of a sacred or temple
police, and their captain was called the captain of the temple."—"The
Expositor's Bible," vol. 1, p. 175.
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The Sadducees were not only a religions, but a political party.
They formed a part of the Jewish Sanhedrin. They were the free
thinkers of the day. They stood in direct opposition to the Pharisees.
They believed that" the Scriptures did not teach a future life, and that
angels and spirits, did not exist. They possessed wealth, influence, and
power, and lived's, life of ease and luxury. The humble, self-denying
life of Jesus did not appeal to them, and they despised Him and His
followers.
3.
What truth did the apostles preach? What was done with them
after Peter had spoken to the people in Solomon's Porch?
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What
fruit was borne by Peter's sermon? Verses 2-4.
4.
Name the men and the different classes that assembled, at the
trial of the apostles. Verses 5, 6.
NoTE.—Rulers, elders, scribes, temple police, high priest, John and
Alexander, not mentioned elsewhere, were present to try the apostles
on this occasion. The Sanhedrin, when complete, consisted of seventy-
one members;' but twenty-three constituted a' quorum competent to
transact business. The trial of the followers of Jesus was conducted
by , the same men who had condemned their Lord. John 11: 49;
18: 12-14.
5.
What question was first asked the disciples? Acts 4: 7.
NoTE.—"The Sanhedrin were sitting as a board of inquisitors.
They did' not deny the miracle which had been wrought. We are
scarcely fit judges of the attitude of mind occupied by an Easterner,
specially by an Eastern Jew of those earlier ages, when confronted
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